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Test # 301 (301/151)
The Ashes, 1948, 3rd Test
England v Australia
Old Trafford, Manchester
8,9,10,12,13 July 1948 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0

Toss: England
Umpires: F Chester and D Davies
Test Debuts: JF Crapp, GM Emmett (Eng).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 231/7 (Compton 64*, Bedser 4*)
  • Day 2: England 363, Australia 126/3 (Morris 48*, Miller 23*)
  • Day 3: Australia 221, England 174/3 (Washbrook 85*, Crapp 19*)
  • Day 4: No play
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   4  6
    C Washbrook                              b Johnston            11  30   1  0
    GM Emmett             c Barnes           b Lindwall            10  47   0  0
    WJ Edrich             c Tallon           b Lindwall            32 170   5  0
    DCS Compton           not out                                 145 324  16  0
    JF Crapp              lbw                b Lindwall            37 115   4  1
    HE Dollery                               b Johnston             1   5   0  0
    *NWD Yardley          c Johnson          b Toshack             22  83   3  0
    +TG Evans             c Johnston         b Lindwall            34  76   4  0
    AV Bedser             run out                                  37 145   7  0
    R Pollard                                b Toshack              3  26   0  0
    JA Young              c Bradman          b Johnston             4  10   0  0
    Extras                (b 7, lb 17, nb 3)                       27
    Total                 (all out, 171.5 overs)                  363
    
    FoW: 1-22 (Washbrook), 2-28 (Emmett), 3-96 (Crapp),
         4-97 (Dollery), 5-119 (Edrich), 6-141 (Yardley),
         7-216 (Evans), 8-337 (Bedser), 9-352 (Pollard),
         10-363 (Young).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lindwall                    40      8     99      4
    Johnston                    45.5   13     67      3
    Loxton                       7      0     18      0
    Toshack                     41     20     75      2
    Johnson                     38     16     77      0
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    AR Morris             c Compton          b Bedser              51 218      6 0
    IWG Johnson           c Evans            b Bedser               1   7      0 0
    *DG Bradman           lbw                b Pollard              7   9   7  1 0
    AL Hassett            c Washbrook        b Young               38 101      5 0
    KR Miller             lbw                b Pollard             31  75      4 0
    SG Barnes             retired hurt                              1  25      0 0
    SJE Loxton                               b Pollard             36  77      6 0
    +D Tallon             c Evans            b Edrich              18  30      1 0
    RR Lindwall           c Washbrook        b Bedser              23 106      3 0
    WA Johnston           c Crapp            b Bedser               3  13      0 0
    ERH Toshack           not out                                   0   1      0 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 4, nb 3)                        12
    Total                 (all out, 93 overs)                     221
    
    FoW: 1-3 (Johnson), 2-13 (Bradman), 3-82 (Hassett),
         4-135 (Miller), 5-139 (Morris), 6-172 (Tallon),
         7-208 (Loxton), 8-219 (Johnston), 9-221 (Lindwall).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Bedser                      36     12     81      4
    Pollard                     32      9     53      3
    Edrich                       7      3     27      1
    Yardley                      4      0     12      0
    Young                       14      5     36      1
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   4  6
    C Washbrook           not out                                  85 208  11  0
    GM Emmett             c Tallon           b Lindwall             0   3   0  0
    WJ Edrich             run out                                  53 138   8  1
    DCS Compton           c Miller           b Toshack              0   6   0  0
    JF Crapp              not out                                  19  55   2  0
    Extras                (b 9, lb 7, w 1)                         17
    Total                 (3 wickets declared, 69 overs)          174
    
    DNB: HE Dollery, *NWD Yardley, +TG Evans, AV Bedser, R Pollard,
         JA Young.
    
    FoW: 1-1 (Emmett), 2-125 (Edrich), 3-129 (Compton).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lindwall                    14      4     37      1
    Johnston                    14      3     34      0
    Loxton                       8      2     29      0
    Toshack                     12      5     26      1
    Johnson                      7      3     16      0
    Miller                      14      7     15      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 317 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    AR Morris             not out                                  54 156      9 0
    IWG Johnson           c Crapp            b Young                6  32      1 0
    *DG Bradman           not out                                  30 122 146  6 0
    Extras                (nb 2)                                    2
    Total                 (1 wicket, 61 overs)                     92
    
    DNB: AL Hassett, KR Miller, SG Barnes, SJE Loxton, +D Tallon,
         RR Lindwall, WA Johnston, ERH Toshack.
    
    FoW: 1-10 (Johnson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Bedser                      19     12     27      0
    Pollard                     10      8      6      0
    Edrich                       2      0      8      0
    Young                       21     12     31      1
    Compton                      9      3     18      0
    

    • SG Barnes retired hurt at 139/5
    • DCS Compton (1) retired hurt on 4* from 33/2 to 119/5




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, Australia.

    Ground Page: Old Trafford, Manchester

    England Player Pages: C Washbrook, GM Emmett, WJ Edrich, DCS Compton, JF Crapp, HE Dollery, NWD Yardley, TG Evans, AV Bedser, R Pollard, JA Young.

    Australia Player Pages: AR Morris, IWG Johnson, DG Bradman, AL Hassett, KR Miller, SG Barnes, SJE Loxton, D Tallon, RR Lindwall, WA Johnston, ERH Toshack.

    Match Officials' Pages: F Chester, D Davies.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by Graham.Rose (grahamr@hadrian.bt.co.uk)  
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